The Oakland Neighborhood Project

Oakland Neighborhood Project

A photo project that gives people in Oakland’s 146 neighborhoods a chance to tell the world about where they live.

Clinton Neighborhood
Warm, generous, and passionate, Melanie DeMore takes your breath away. A phenomenally talented singer, composer, and vocal activist with a once-in-a-generation voice, for more than 20 years she has worked to introduce music to the youth of Oakland, and has touched the lives of thousands. She has performed in such hallowed places as Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and has appeared at international folk music festivals from Europe to Cuba to New Zealand. If you are interested in learning more about her and listening to her music (and you should be), visit her website.